An year ago on 9th May and as a result of a savage act of Iranian regime, four Kurdish campaigners Ferzad Kemangir, Ali Heyderyan, Shirin Alemhoii, and Ferhad Wekili along with a Persian campaigner Mehdi Islamyan were executed in Awin House of Detention in Tehran. Firstly we honour and do recall the heroic martyrdom of these comrades, and bow the head of our reverence and indebtedness to them as well as to all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the path of freedom for the Kurdish people.
On 28 December 2011, in the region of Qilaban in the Sirnak province of Northern Kurdistan (Turkey), 35 civilian Kurds were massacred by Turkish aircrafts in a heinous way. This fatal attack marked another dark page in the struggle of our people in all parts of Kurdistan. It sparked anger and widespread protests among our people in all parts of Kurdistan as well as within the diasporic Kurdish community.
It’s known that we as PJAK, from the foundation of our movement have worked and endeavoured to solve the Kurdish issue in a democratic way, and our work has generated new hope and confidence in our people in the East of Kurdistan. In respond to our endeavour the Iranian regime has restored to violence and military operations, instead of democratic solution.
We decided a ceasefire on yesterday 4th September to be implemented today from 12 noon. We as PJAK have practised that decision and warned all of our forces in relation to this issue.
It’s known that we as PJAK, from the foundation of our movement have worked and endeavoured to solve the Kurdish issue in a democratic way, and our work has generated new hope and confidence in our people in the East of Kurdistan. In respond to our endeavour the Iranian regime has restored to violence and military operations, instead of democratic solution.
With the Middle East coming apart at the seams and no coherent policy or set of principles to guide policy, the Obama administration should support the people of Iran, the one country where the population remains resolutely pro-American and firmly opposed to the dictators who have been waging war on America for the past 31 years.
Legitimate self-preservation in East Kurdistan guarantees our people’s lives from state terror
During the visit of Iranian Foreign Minster Ali Akber Salehi with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in 5th January, the Kurdish resistance movement led by the Free Life Party of Party (PJAK) was labelled as “terrorist”. Based on this, clarification of some issues for the public opinion is required.
This is Christmas time and the majority of people in the world do celebrate such a holy fest. Families have gathered to honour Christmas, to share joys and to exchange gift and greetings. Parents are happy to see their children around and the families do celebrate and enjoy the moments of togetherness. But in such a holy day and honourable time the execution of a Kurdish student is decreed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Kurdish parents receive the execution news of their children as the Christmas gift and the Kurdish people are given a message that contains denial of their identity as a distinct being.
Over the course of last few months the Iranian soldiers have set fires on the Kurdish forests in more than 800 times destroying more than 7000 hectares of lands. The Iranian militaries have argued that the forests and the jungles have been used by the Kurdish guerrillas; hence they should blaze in inferno for the ‘sin’ they have committed against the rule of God on the earth. The Iranian officials have failed to realise that the forests have not been used by the Kurdish guerrillas and the guerrillas have not certain easy-target places. The fact that decimation of more than 7000 hectares of Kurdish forests has not cost a life of a single Kurdish guerrilla, too well explains this claim.
Contra-guerrillas patrol in Kirmashan wearing guerrilla uniforms
